Every third biocidal product, including many disinfectants, violates EU law. That’s the result of a review of more than 3,500 products sold in Europe. The ECHA published the detailed test results on November 21 as part of a project report. The inspectors classified about 18% of the deficiencies they found…
The 18th ATP to the CLP Regulation (German only) applies as of December 1, 2023. That’s when the 18-month transition period for substances newly included in Annex VI of the CLP Regulation in accordance with Delegated Regulation 2022/692 will expire. The EU Commission has listed a total of 39 new…
Safety data sheets (SDS) were out of compliance with the law in about 44% of the companies examined during an annual inspection. In total, the inspectors examined the 220 companies to determine whether and to what extent they comply with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)….
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will soon publish an updated version of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). With the new publication, OSHA generally aligns the content with the seventh revised edition of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for the classification and labeling of chemicals. The…
Companies that trade with Great Britain still do not know the scope of the substance data they will be required to provide in the future or the costs they will incur. The Environmental Ministry estimates costs for industry of about £2 billion (around 2.34 billion euros) for the current registration…
At the end of March, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW), and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) published an up-to-date current list of the classifications of 3,281 chemicals, some of which had been classified multiple times in previous years. Japan…
The EU Commission is considering a ban on the manufacture and export of hazardous chemicals that are already prohibited in the EU. It opened a consultation and requested comments by July 31 from those affected by the PIC Regulation. The EU took this step after countries in Africa, the Caribbean,…
At the end of March, the ECHA published its updated its Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) List. Companies can use the list to see which substances the responsible national agencies will examine in the next three years as part of the substance evaluation mandated in Articles 44–48 of REACH. In…
Singapore has added two amendments to its chemicals law: Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2023 and Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. As of August 21, 2023, the amendments require manufacturers and importers to have a license to manufacture and/or import…
Four of every ten of the companies inspected did not comply with the obligations related to the use of chemicals that require authorization as laid down in REACH. That is the finding of inspections carried out during 2021 in 28 countries of the European Economic Area as part of the…
